PLATE XLV. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



Fio 77. Woven basket-tray of the Mokis. In this figure should be noticed the 

 method of starting the weaving. A certain number of twigs are plaited 

 at the center into a cross. These twigs are spread out so as to form the 

 radii of a circle, and the little twigs are so woven as to increase the 

 length of the meslies going outward. Here and there an additional warp 

 twig it introduced at points where they are needed, but not beyond the 

 dark circle. The ornamentation in this case is produced simply by the use 

 of patches, two or three stitches of the same color alternating with the 

 body color. Collected in Arizona, by J. W. Powell, in 1874. 



